JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO – A motorist was seriously injured when he overturned his vehicle on Route MM Tuesday night, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
At 11:20 p.m. Herbert Carpenter was headed west at Buckeye Valley Road in a 2006 Ford F-150 when he started to veer off the right side of the road. The 31-year-old corrected, but then crossed the center line and drove off the left side of the road.
The truck flipped over and came to a stop at an embankment.
Carpenter was transported to Mercy Hospital South for treatment.
It is known was caused Carpenter to begin steering his vehicle in and out of the road.
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